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Pell Grants for Short-Term Programs Would Help Students at My Community College

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House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development. According to the Community College Research Center , federal Pell Grants currently can only be used for programs totaling at least 600 hours over 15 weeks.

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5 Surprising Ways Homeschoolers Use Canva for Learning and Fun

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Kid’s Notebook Cover Comic Book Cover Alien Cover Conclusion: 5 Surprising Ways Homeschoolers Can Use Canva for Learning and Fun I hope you are inspired to get your children to create in your homeschool with these simple innovative projects! Your students can choose from a range of video templates and stock videos to help them get started.

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Make this Holiday a Million Girls Moonshot

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It is inspiring the next generation of innovators by engaging one million more girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) opportunities by 2025. We encourage you to shop local and support the small businesses and science museums in your community that need your support this year. Photo credit: Netflix.

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Beyond the Pink: A STEM Gift Guide for Girls

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We encourage you to support the small businesses and STEM institutions in your community. You will learn about the latest research, resources, and new toys to support STEM play with young girls (and all young children). Here are 10 ideas that support girls’ creativity and confidence in STEM and expand their options.

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Nurturing the Entrepreneurial Spirit with STEAM

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Entrepreneurship continues to be on the rise as small businesses now make up nearly half of the US workforce (Stahl, 2022). It’s not just about preparing them to start their own small businesses. Creativity and Innovation: Entrepreneurs are excellent at developing new products, services and solutions.

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10 Holiday STEM Gifts for Girls 2022

STEM Next

New research from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the LEGO Group shows girls are discouraged from STEM from a young age. I encourage you to shop local and support the small businesses and STEM institutions in your community. We can change that. Challenge stereotypes with building toys.

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Fabulous and fashionable: how the FAB Lab is encouraging fashion entrepreneurs

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“In addition to the difficulties that come with running a business, they often face unique challenges, due to racism and gender bias, that can get in the way of their success.” While current trends indicate there is a rise in entrepreneurship among people of colour, minorities still make up just 15% of small business owners in the US.